Your wake up call may have come if you read a recent article in The Washington Post about a house in D.C. that had 168 offers on it. Okay, it was listed at a very nice price (it was a foreclosure, rare in D.C.) and had a textbook bidding-war that bumped up the price $360,951 over the asking price. Crazy! But you should know that multiple Continue Reading
Home Seller Tips for 2013
Any home seller who plans to move up to a larger home should do some research on the current competition. It ain't just pricing that is essential, it is the overall condition of the product you are selling. Right now, I have a few clients who are planning the big upgrade from their first homes (pre-kids) to new homes... and one large enough for Continue Reading
The Gift Shop Syndrome
Ugh, their house looks like a gift shop! You can't imagine how many times I have heard that observation from home buyers in a hushed tone so that the home sellers couldn't hear. Hey, that comment really needs to be taken to heart by anyone planning to sell their home anytime in the future. The reality is that your stuff is a turn-off, is Continue Reading
The Summer Shift – Real Estate
The Northern Virginia real estate statistics showed an interesting "early" downshift starting in the June chart. The low interest rates motivated most home buyers to take action in the early spring expecting them to flatten out by now. But rates have remained on a down slope which has eliminated the intense sense of urgency. Contrary to these Continue Reading
Vienna Home Blog Weekly Wrap
There hasn't been a week when I haven't had an opportunity to share an old blog post with a current client or friend. And sometimes the analytical WordPress Plugin that I use (Lijit) shows me a post that gets read often. What is cool about this Plugin is that I see the term that was Googled and a link back to Google where my post matched the Continue Reading
